Express Checkout vs Mardel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Express Checkout
Skip the checkout lines at participating stores. Scan your items as you shop and pay directly from your phone using your credit or debit card. This app streamlines your shopping experience for a faster, more convenient trip.
- Instant checkout
- Scan and bag items
- Pay with card
- Supports produce
- Apple Pay integration
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Mobile Checkout allows you to walk into participating stores, scan merchandise, and pay with your card on your phone, all while avoiding long lines at cash registers. Features: - Checkout instantly without waiting in line - Scan & bag items while you shop - Pay using your credit or debit card - Works for produce too - Checkout with Apple Pay on iOS9+ devices
Mardel
This app allows users to browse Christian and educational products, view weekly ads, find store locations, and access coupons. It offers a wide selection of Bibles, books, gifts, and supplies to support spiritual and intellectual needs.
- Browse Christian and educational products
- View weekly ads
- Locate nearby stores
- Access coupons
- Shop Bibles, books, and gifts
- Discover homeschool curriculum
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Christian & Education products are now available at your fingertips every time you open the Mardel App! Download the Mardel App to browse the weekly ad, locate stores near you, grab the current coupon available in-store or online and more. Mardel Christian & Education is a faith-based company dedicated to renewing minds and transforming lives through the products we sell and the ministries we support. To this end, we provide a large selection of Bibles, books, movies, gifts, music, kid products, apparel, church and educational supplies, and homeschool curriculum. We offer quality products at great prices on Mardel.com and across our 35 stores located in the central region of the United States. Our products share truth, teach knowledge, offer encouragement, inspire worship, and bring joy--fulfilling the vision of Mardel to make a difference and give hope. We are a resource center equipping the whole person--specializing in the provision of all your spiritual and intellectual needs.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Express Checkout at 75% against Mardel's 0%. Express Checkout also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (544 vs 19). Mardel's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Express Checkout holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Express Checkout has 544 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Express Checkout's written reviews are positive against 0% of Mardel's.
Express Checkout ships an update every 2 months, Mardel every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on August 10, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Express Checkout | Mardel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (544 ratings) — better | 3.9 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 544 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Express Checkout LLC | Mardel, Inc. |
Customer experience
Express Checkout
Mardel
Bugs and requests
Express Checkout
Reported bugs
4 issues- App stopped working after latest update
- App won't open past the logo
- App doesn't work without granting location info
- Cannot enter a new credit card
Requested features
2 requests- Ability to opt to use Apple Pay from within the app
- NFC terminals at all checkout stands accepting Apple Pay
Mardel
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Express Checkout
No in-app purchases
Mardel
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Express Checkout free?
Is Mardel free?
Which has better reviews, Express Checkout or Mardel?
Do Express Checkout or Mardel have ads?
Which is updated more often, Express Checkout or Mardel?
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